Just chance upon this ico and it seems very interesting. And like what the other say, this deserve more views and awareness. It is a great project.
Recently, i came across bitdegree and i am quite attracted by it. What would be the main different between bitschool and bitdegree?
Hi BlockFolksHQ,
First of all, thx for your interest and we're totally agreeing to your view that 'this deserve more views and awareness. It is a great project'. I always believe that when a product is really innovative and worthy, people ultimately take notice of it and that's how good products begin to gain popularity. However, just because a product is good, it doesn't mean that communicating the product’s features and advantages is not necessary. It's even more important to talk and communicate with potential users so that they have a clear understanding of the benefits and utilities this product would provide to them and only when this is achieved, they will start paying attention and might purchase and use it. So definitely we have to explore our communication channels more aggressively so that there will be more and more people like you. Thx for your constructive feedbacks! Please give us more ^^;
As for BitDegree, I'm not an expert of their business model. However, I understand that it's a MOOC providing technology courses being paid by their tokens issued like scholarships. So we are very different:
1. First of all, the Learning Topics we provide are not confined to technology courses and our products and services will span every subject area such as Math, Literature, Science, IT and so on and so forth. Especially as our model integrates the tutoring platform, the subjects will actually depend on what customers are looking for and what our tutors can provide. The insights on subjects will be integrated in our AI product as well.
2. Our platform is built upon Artificial Intelligence technology (AI) and will address the whole cycle of educational process from assessing the student's current proficiency level to providing the most appropriate learning resources that matches the student's learning needs, style and learning pathway. So in this regard, our platform is unique and we haven't seen either an eLearning or online education platform that offers AI to resolve the current education problems – FYI, (a) Difficulty to track the student's progress or improvements as frequently as required; (b) Education is tailored to the average student rather than the individual; (c) it's hard to provide personalized feedback timely and in a focused way.
3. Our scholarship issued by our GoGreenFund targets low-income students or students with financial difficulty and will contribute to enhancing the equal affordability of high-quality education as these scholarship recipients can use the tokens to purchase tutoring services or AI products on our platform. Also the GoGreenFund rewards tutor volunteers who sacrifice their time and effort to provide good education to underprivileged students by transaction-fee exemption coupons (they use this coupons to get their transaction fees exempted). As portion of our transaction fee will be contributed to the GoGreenFund to fund its operations, users are actually contributing to equal learning opportunities while making every purchase on our platform. And this is what we truly like about the fund's structure.
4. Our AI platform is perfectly integrated with our online tutoring platform. Although our AI applications will be crucial in realizing the ideal personalized learning eco system, we concluded that without connecting it to on-demand tutors, it's not perfect. So this is how it works. A student in a class made his assessment and begin working on his weakness. There is one question he doesn't quite get, but due to the many students comprising a class, he lost his chance to ask his teacher. No worries because he simply has to connect using his tablet to our on-demand tutor network, find the right tutor, and get instant lesson or feedback regarding the specific question. Also the teacher has to create a lesson plan that would benefit all students and this is not easy, she also has a lot of marking to do. Don't worry, she can easily utilize BitSchool's Dynamic Marking System that would partly or fully conduct the marking process on behalf of the teacher or she can connect with an on-demand tutor who is capable of helping her with the marking. As you can see, this connection will create the perfect education environment where the teacher is able to teach effectively and every student is able to get smart.
5. Every high-tech project has strong business experts and technologists. However, what differentiates us in terms of people is that we have dedicated teachers and student team members who are united around the same goal to create the best education environment where teachers can teach effectively and where no student is left behind. These teachers and students team members are the main sources that allow us to breathe educational reality into our design, development and deployment of our products and services, and ultimately build systems and services that are truly matching the needs of all education participants such as teachers, tutors, students and parents.
Um…you raised a very good question and it allowed me to think profoundly. Thanks a lot as I know this kind of question can only be raised out of serious interest, and we appreciate you for that. Please keep continuing your interest, passion and support for BitSchool! ^^
Best,
BitSchool
